All the news from last week
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Danish FSA Hits Merex International Over High Risk Iran Transfers
The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority has issued mandatory orders to Merex International AS following an AML inspection that revealed high ris...
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US Sanctions Network Over 100 Million Dollar Hezbollah Scheme
The US Treasury has sanctioned a network led by Alaa Hassan Hamieh for a 100 million dollar money laundering scheme benefitting Hezbollah across gl...
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Compliance Officers Face Massive Liability, Personal Penalties, and Burn-Out
The rise of personal liability risks is transforming the role of compliance officers into a high stakes legal gamble where individual accountabilit...
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AML False Positives in 2026 : the Algorithm Is Not Your Problem
The real issue in AML is not the algorithm but the broken data foundation that no one wants to own.
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UK Authorities Move to Dissolve Crypto Firm Over 1 Billion Dollar IRGC Link
UK authorities move to dissolve companies after a TRM Labs report exposed a 1 billion dollar stablecoin network used by the Iranian Revolutionary G...
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The Implication of Systemic Failures in UK’s Global Financial Oversight and Reform
Analysis of the systemic failure in financial conduct regulation and money laundering oversight reveals why radical structural reform is essential ...
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How OSINT Can Help Prevent and Investigate the $442 Billion Global Fraud Loss as Reported by Interpol in 2026
OSINT in fraud prevention is transforming how banks and law enforcement detect global fraud networks, enabling earlier intervention, improved intel...
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FATF and Interpol Strategy to Combat the 1.03 Trillion Dollar Fraud Economy
FATF and Interpol implement a new anti money laundering toolkit to combat the 1.03 trillion dollar fraud crisis and improve the 4 percent asset rec...
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Singapore Bans Former Bankers Linked to 3 Billion Dollar Laundry Case
Monetary Authority of Singapore issued 16 and 7 year prohibition orders against Wang Qiming and Liu Kai following convictions in the 3 billion doll...
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Sanctions Under Fire: Industrialized Evasion and Laundering Networks in War Times
Sanctions evasion networks industrialization is accelerating as conflict drives complex laundering systems combining crypto, trade, and gold, expos...
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Austrian FMA Fines NOTARTREUHANDBANK AG for AML Failures
The Austrian FMA has fined NOTARTREUHANDBANK AG 127,500 EUR for violating the Financial Markets Anti-Money Laundering Act through inadequate transa...
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The 100 Million Pound Downfall of a Sanctioned Iranian Banker
A sanctioned Iranian banker faces a 100 million pound asset freeze after investigations linked his luxury Marbella villa and London holdings to the...
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DBS Hong Kong Enhances SME Compliance via AI Verification Technology
DBS Hong Kong implements AI-driven anti money laundering technology to automate SME onboarding with Kow Your Customer, providing real-time benefici...
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Kuwait Implements Strict AML Penalty Matrix With Increased Fines
Kuwait introduces a new AML violation matrix with fines up to KD 500,000 and license revocation for high risk breaches according to KUNA. This fram...
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Feds Seize 14 Million Dollars From Massive Cartel Laundering Ring
The Department of Justice unsealed a case involving the seizure of 14.9 million dollars targeting international trade based money laundering scheme...
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AMLA Launches EU Data Exercise to Test Financial Crime Risk Models
AMLA launches a European data collection exercise to test financial crime risk models before direct supervision of major EU banks begins under the ...
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AMLA Launches EU Data Exercise to Test Financial Crime Risk Models
AMLA launches a European data collection exercise to test financial crime risk models before direct supervision of major EU banks begins under the ...
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New Zealand Overhauls AML Laws to Strengthen Financial Integrity
The New Zealand AML reform introduces a single supervisor model to consolidate oversight and harden the financial system against money laundering a...
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France Targets Illicit Wealth With Tough 10 Year Prison Sentences
New proposed legislation in France Sanctions Evasion with penalties linked to global turnover and 10 years in prison to align with EU anti-money la...
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Malaysian Syndicate Mules Face Arrests Over Increasing Cross Border Scams
Singapore police arrest Malaysian couriers as syndicates use physical Financial courier mules to bypass banking safeguards and launder illicit assets.
